Names, Naming, and the Law

ISBN-13: 9781032556413 / Twarda / 2023 / 288 str.

Opis

Across many social and commercial domains, governments regulate the official names used to identify individuals, groups, places, companies & products, and even diseases. This innovative volume investigates the relationship between names and the law, with its significant implications for identity and status.

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List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Names, Naming, Laws, Policies, and Identity: A Basic Introduction

I. M. Nick

Chapter 2: Patrilineal Bias in the Adoption of Surnames following Marriage in the United Kingdom and the United States

Eleanor Peters

Chapter 3: Naming, Expressive Interests, and the Law:
The Implications of Governmental Form Design

Laura A. Heymann

Chapter 4: Laws and Policies Regulating Personal Names and Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities in the US and Canada

Sharon N. Obasi and I. M. Nick

Chapter 5: Both And vs. Either Or: The Challenge of Official Names and Naming for the US Census in Multicultural America

I. M. Nick

Chapter 6: Applied Toponymy in the United States: A Compendium of the History and Policy Development of Geographic Names and Naming

Roger Payne

Chapter 7: Toponomy and Law: Neighborhood Names in Legal Perspective

Nestor M. Davidson and David Fagundes

Chapter 8: The Law on Geographical Indications and Traditional Food Names: Protecting Local and Regional Interests in a Global Arena

Caoimhín Macmaoláin

Chapter 9: From Fluoxetine to Prozac®

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Builds Brand Identity through Prescription Drug Naming

Pascaline Faure

Chapter 10: Naming Unnamed Diseases: Governmental Policies, Historical Practices, and Identity Repercussions

I. M. Nick

Chapter 11: The Name of the Rose (and Everything Else): How Codes and Practices in Naming Biological Species Reflect Cultural Identities

Stephen B. Heard

Chapter 12: Names, Identity Interests, US American Trademark Law, and Collective Face

Michael Adams

Chapter 13: What’s in a Name? Linguistic and Legal Aspects of Company Names, Product and Service Names, Trademarks, and Brands

Alan Durant and Jennifer Davis

Index

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I. M. Nick holds a BA (Germanics); BSc (Clinical/Abnormal Psychology); MA (German Linguistics); MSc (Forensic and Investigative Psychology); PhD and the German "Habilitation" (English Linguistics). Her onomastic research focusses on anthroponymy, identity, and language-policy. A past President of the American Name Society (ANS), she’s Editor-in-Chief of Names: A Journal of Onomastics.